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n. - A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss.

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  • Finally they had proof that lactoflavin was vitamin
  • The chemical composition of both ovoflavin and lactoflavin proved to be virtually identical.
  • His important contributions to the chemistry of the flavins led to identification of lactoflavin as part of the complex originally thought to be vitamin B2.
  • And after determining the structure of lumiflavin, they were able to extrapolate enough information to synthesize lactoflavin and thereby determine its composition.
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